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of life than is often expended in a skirmish, [Charles V.] saved Europe from invasion. Prescott.

s palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott.

place, or other circumstances represented or described. I began last night to read Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel . . . .I was extremely delighted with the poetical beauty of some parts . . . .The costume, too, is admirable. Sir J. Mackintosh.

t. Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith cottoned in with his beggarly companion Sir W. Scott.

He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. Sir W. Scott. To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. Mortimer.

To vote in opposition ti; to balance or overcome by viting; to outvote. Dr. J. Scott.

A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief. [Scot.] [Written also curch.] Jamieson.

rt at door would speak with you. Shak. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. Sir. W. Scott.

l; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant. A patient and courteous bearing. Prescott. His behavior toward his people is grave and courteous. Fuller.

An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant." He [Wharton] was born in the days of the Covenant, and was the heir of a covenanted house.…

Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters. Be they covenanting traitors, Or the brood of false Argyle Aytoun.

vert from storm. Is. iv. 6. The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside. Prescott.

One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship. [Scot.]

A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. [Eng. & Scot. Colloq.]

, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge. From crag to crag the signal fiew. Sir W. Scott.

A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. [Scot.] H. Miller.

One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings,…

The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.

iritless. "His craven heart." Shak. The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott. In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macualay.

n; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew. Your eye in Scotland Would create soldiers. Shak. Create in me a clean heart. Ps. li. 10.